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1. Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
2. Banded or compacted together. Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb.
3. Broadly banded with colour.
Origin: L. Fasciatus, p.p. Of fasciare to envelop with bands, fr. Fascia band. See Fasces.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)